dapple - Definition | Dictionary definition of dapple

Definition of dapple

colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

Types:: harlequin
variegate with spots or marks; speckle, stipple
produce a mottled effect

a small contrasting part of something

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a very small spot; nebula
(pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea; splash
a patch of bright color; fret, worn spot
a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion; plaque
(pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body; amyloid plaque, amyloid protein plaque
a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease); arterial plaque
a fatty deposit inside an arterial wall; characteristic of atherosclerosis; bacterial plaque, dental plaque
a film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental caries; macula, macule
a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases; freckle, lentigo
a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin; liver spot
a type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin; plague spot
a spot on the skin characteristic of the plague; mock sun, parhelion, sundog
a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; macula, sunspot
a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field; facula
a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots; facula
a bright spot on a planet